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You Pass The Laws-We Cast The Votes

Grandmothers, Mothers and Women (GMW): We’re on a Mission, Controlling our Bodies-and Casting Our Votes.


Both sides of Our political Arenas are filled with charismatic politicians, Who has no desire to Put their constituents needs above their own.

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Texas Law Makers Trust Us With Their Guns, But Not Our Wombs

But if there was a contest for Power by whatever means necessary, the GOP would win; January 6 sealed the deal for them as the winners. And, the Texas GOP just put the frosting on their Celebratory Cake. Even The Supreme Court has join their Group.

Joy Reid said it best in her, “Absolute Worst Report,â€

As a result of the above inclusion. The Supreme Court Should no longer be a Life-Time-Appointment; Only  A-25-years-term-position.

My generation, those of us 65+ has made some good and bad accomplishments,  the bad, is overshadowing the good. Even the weather has been effected by decisions by us. letting us know, â€We’ve done too many things wrong.â€

The only life-time-positing should be, PARENTING: It’s one of the things God did not give up dominion-over. We can choose not to behave like parents, but once sperm Fertilize-an egg in the womb and we give birth, we are parents, like it or not.

So Mr. Writers of the Texas Abortion law, and just sperm donors in so many cases; You get to walk away with no responsibility, even if I was raped, by my father, brother, uncle, cousin, friend, or a random man; and you have the nerve to tell us women,â€we have to keep it whether we like it or not, and The Supreme Court goes along with you; WE DON’T THINK SO!!!

Grandmothers, mothers and women (GMW), we make the decisions as owners of our wombs, along with our doctors, we will decide what remains what happens with our bodies. not you sperm donors. If we have a NEED for an abortion, We will get one.

Our next immediate mission is too the make sure, All Politicians with your ideology and mindset, is serving your last term in office. Because, I’m quite sure those (GMW’s), who voted for some of you, against-their-better-judgment would not be making that mistake again.

We would also like to put on notice any other state getting ready to follow Texas’s example…You Pass The Laws, WE CAST THE VOTE, and we’re consistent. 

Our leader is our creator (God) and we follow Him, in the name of Jesus?

Black and White Justice: 

Grandmothers mothers and women (GMW), in general and (GMW) of color in particular: 

This man Jason Pope aka DJ Kidd:  Admits and brags about exposing 693 bodies…All Black Females ages 12-17 to HIV and More. From the late 90’s to 2019

Unequal-Justice, I’m just reading about Jason, there was no public media outcry on Jason, I wonder why?  But the Media loves  R.Kelly.I’m not condoning the behavior of either one. I’m Condemning the application of justice and media coverage.

GMW of color, we must make more Noise about the treatment of our daughter. The damage perpetrated on our young Black princesses by Jason Pope a.k.a. DJ Kidd should have been Broadcast from the mountain tops all across America and the world. We can all ask ourselves,â€Would a DJ kidd, of a different race been able to get away with doing the same thing to 693 of our white princesses for over 20 years before finally being put in jail in 2020. Our Justice System has to be reformed and and qualified immunity, (must die)!!!

Texas Just pass a law telling women we have no control over our bodies… Women don’t get pregnant by themselves, the lawmakers are among the providers of the sperm. Now they want us to take whatever they give us, by any means they choose and there’s nothing we can do aboutt. How ridiculous is that?

Then passing a bills outlawing the wearing of masks as a violation of civil rights  (the mast will protect the lives of our Most vulnerable from COVID-19. Also, giving the people of Tx., the right to carry guns in public without a permit, training or background check.

GMW: When Good People look away, evil flourish. We need to come together now, using our God-given and Constitutional Rights and power, to bring common sense, integrity and decency back to governing. 

We are beginning to see abuse of power at a magnitude that we never thought possible under democracy. Texas as become a perfect example of abusing power.

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GMW OF AMERICA

Donald Trump unleash the swamp, and it’s  trying to spread across the country; but GMW, we can’t allow This venom to spread. We have the power to stop it, and if we don’t; we deserve what we get!!!

GMW Donald Trump and our current disasters happens, when some of us choose not to vote for what believe. Now we all can see, how expensive compromising principles and values can be.

?With GOD as our leader, Consulor, protector and provider, and us, using our power, we can, and must stop this madness. In the mighty name of Jesus?

Lets keep Virginia blue.

Grandmothers, Mothers and Women (Gmw), let’s keep Virginia blue; it’s not going to be easy, but we can do it. We are asking all of our Democratic Senators,to please support our party and ,for once follow the examples of your counterpart, The GOP’s. If you put your base first, we will give you the power! 

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Getting ready for Richmond in the HD-100

Our country appears to be either coming out of a crisis or going into one, or reverting back to a problem we thought we were getting control of.  We once handle crisis as a unified nation, but our current state of divisiveness, has become a crisis in itself.

GMW, What we can do now is,“keep each other covered in prayer,  and use our powers  jointly to accomplish the things we know we must do.†Our power is: Our God, Our Love, Our Vote and Our Dollars.  We turned Virginia blue  when the odds seemed daunting, but we did it. Now we must beat the daunting odds again, and send Finale-Norton to Richmond as HD for the 100th. 

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I met her last evening at an Oceanview Diner fundraise, which is requiring The use of our dollars, to make sure she has the means to run a campaign that Will turn the HD 100 blue. She’s a product of the Eastern shore and is a phenomenal woman, please meet her below.

Finale Johnson Norton was born and raised in Exmore, on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. She will be an advocate for working families in the General Assembly because her own family had to work very hard to make ends meet. Her mom cleaned homes before earning her cosmetology license later in life, and her father shucked clams and laid ground cable. In the eighth grade, Finale’s father sadly died when he was hit by a truck. Social Security helped her family during the hard times. In high school, Finale cleaned clam buckets at 6 a.m. at Willis Wharf, graded tomatoes at Six L’s, waitressed, and spent a short week picking crabs at a local crab house. Thanks to public schools, Finale had a chance to further her education. After graduating from Northampton High School, she attended Hampton University and earned her Bachelor of Science degree.

For the next 20 years as a Navy wife and businesswoman, she resided in Norfolk, Virginia, never far from home, as her family remained in Norfolk and on the Eastern Shore. Finale began working at Bank of America (FKA) Sovran Bank in 1988. Always advocating for inclusion and equity, she served on Bank of America’s Diversity Council and was an executive sponsor for the company’s Lead for Women initiative and LGBTQ initiative. During her 26-year tenure at Bank of America, mostly in Norfolk, Finale worked her way up to becoming an executive with responsibility for more than 3,500 employees. She then worked at a global consulting company before retiring from corporate America.n

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She has Washington’s Support

Now she wants to work for us, from Richmond as our HD100; Let’s help her achieve this mission. I can assure you, we will reap the benefits of her going to Richmond on our behalf. So GMW’s of the HD100 let’s go into our toolboxes and get to work.

Let’s also pray for the Bidens administration, the victims and their families injured in the  bombing at the Kabul  airport, and  especially for our military men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice of giving up their lives,while supporting our Democracy and what our country stands for. We’re asking God to cover our POTUS in handling the crisis in Afghanistan. Giving him the guidance, patients, strength, wisdom and understanding, to do what’s best for America and our allies. 

As we are all aware, the president currently in office has inherited the challenges and the benefits of his predecessor; It comes with the territory. We are all thankful for our current president, because drinking Clorox or some other disinfectant won’t be able to fix this problem either.

To the POTUS, and his administration: PLEASE know all GMW’s in particular and America in general, who believes in integrity, commonsense, principles, moral values-virtues discipline, understanding and discernment,supports you 100%.

?These things we pray in Jesus’s Name?

GMW LET’S KEEP VA. BLUE

November 3, 2021 is critical for keeping Virginia blue. 

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Finale Norton Candidate HD100

EMILY’S LIST ENDORSES 23 WOMEN LEADERS FOR REELECTION TO THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES. WE MUST KEEP THEM THERE. And Give Finale Norton, Robert Bloxton’s Seat in HD100.  

With these Democratic pro-choice women in office, the state legislature has made the safety, health, and economic opportunities of Virginians its top priorities. Progress has been made across the board, with accomplishments that include passing landmark climate change legislation, increasing voter accessibility, removing restrictions on reproductive health care, passing sweeping criminal justice reform, and investing in education.

This is our opportunity to reflect what the 2022 Election will Look like. Ladies we must make America, The UNITED STATES Again, And, get rid of the divisiveness that’s destroying our country. It won’t happen; When your  platform is a struggle for power by any means necessary, even being willing to let our babies die along with All other  vulnerable Americans, just to prove your Power-Point.

We cannot allow the Jim Crow ideology to take us back to a place in history where, “ So many of us are afraid to even admit existed. Where critical race theory has some of us ,shaking in her boots! and losing our minds, They wants no part of American history being taught, Showing the good, bad and ugly of what made us who we are today. 

There’s so much about our history, we’re not proud of; But, it is what it is. We should be ashamed of it; But the future we want for our children, will not allow us to remain in the shamed Box. We must hang our history up to dry, then lay it to rest, but never forget, because forgetting will allow it to repeat.

Virginia: November 3, 2021, the spotlight is on us!!!

Biden Pelosi and Schumer

To: Mr. Biden, Mrs. Pelosi, and Mr. Schumer: Your Base delivered the Presidency and a majority in Congress. Now, Grandmothers, mothers and women (GMW ), thinks It’s time You deliver the Voting Rights and the People’s Act into law. The Voting Rights Acts has to be your priority. In 2022 if we can’t vote you can’t win

Its a Darn-shame we’re still marching for Voters Rights in 2021. You Three (3) have the power to make sure the right to vote is never an issue again. Make the GOP work as hard for our votes as they are working to prevent us from voting. Mr. Biden and Schumer, your are not a minority, but the MAJORITY, Mrs. Pelosi please continue to kick-butts, we have your back, but we would like to see you become more vociferous about what the GOP is doing to suppress the vote

President Biden, Why haven’t you Met with your democratic officials from Texas. They left their families and the comforts of home, to come to Washington, fighting against Texas’s GOP’s passing voter suppression laws; you appears to be giving your attention to everything except meeting with them, I have not heard you acknowledge their presence or their issues. Do you mind telling us Why.

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THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY

Your Base need you to deliver on your campaign promise. The Filibuster has to go. Jim Crow is out of place. If you cater to your Base, winning elections will never be your problem. Especially, If you stand on your principles and values, the filibuster would be obsolete, plus it’s not constitutional.

Every Democratic Leader should be pushing back against what the GOP is trying to do with voter suppressive laws. Instead of jumping on the bandwagon for Cuomo to resign; What about getting on the bandwagon to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Bill

Mr. Cuomo and the Infrastructure is consuming the attention of all democratic leaders right now; why? Doesn’t Mr. Cuomo deserve due process: The Investigation is finish, impeachment him if you want him Out. He deserve better than trial by a court of Public Opinion. What happened to innocent until proven guilty. Mr. Al Franken listen to you all, and he made a big mistake.

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Senators: Manchin W Va., Sinema Arizona

Mr. Manchin and Mrs. Sinema: You would not be apart of a majority senate if the voter of Georgia had not delivered. Now you have the power to work on behalf of your constituents and party; that’s where we would like to See you focus on.

In Virginia our Democratic Leaders knows we will deliver for them this November 2021. They also, let their voters know they hear us.  We still have a lot of work to do; especially with the violence, but we’re confident we can fix it together.

America has a mean streak

America: We all know this country has a, “Mean streak,†Starting with (Slavery). America is made-up of families, and each of us is attached to a family, that has someone in it with a mean streak, heck! “it could be you.â€

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Past and Current Presidents: America need you to find common ground for her sake.

Now: For the GOP and the Dem., We need to, “Get-a-grip on our Divisiveness.†The only way we are going to accomplish this daunting task is to allow our Faith to guide us, With the serenity to except the things we cannot change;  courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference. I’m referencing the power that created the Universe, which includes each of us. We need to start at the top of our power- structures

  1. Biden-Harris / Trump-Pence
  2. Schumer-McConnell
  3. Pelosi-McCarthy
  4. Governors-General assembly
  5. Mayors-City Councils
  6. Churches-Communities
  7. Families-Neighbors

The violence, with guns in particular, that’s happening all across our country is unprecedented. Some seems to think that it’s all because of the defund the police cry that we have heard from some communities, because of the Disproportionate,killing of black people by the police.

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The United States of America

All Common sense Americans (Candace Owens, included) knows  the police is as vital to our safety, in our Neighborhoods, cities and states;as our military is for our country and the world. all of us, also knows the violence perpetrated on people of color by the police in most cases, is totally unnecessary, brutal, and racist, George Floyd’s Murder, televised in living color, proves that point.

The GOP is implying ,â€the Democrats wants to defund the police, and Democrats are saying,†The GOP tried to kill the police on January 6th, in living color, also televised,†with our former President, as the ring leader. We can easily fine enough blame for each side, to be found totally guilty in our court of public opinion,  and some by our judicial system. 

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This Is Who We Are: Good, Bad and Ugly

All Sensible, discerning, understanding with integrity-Americans  knows, “Jim Crow laws can never exist again,† because our children would have to repeat our mistakes of systemic racism. So many of our  children are too racially interconnected to tolerate Jim Crow. Because, one parent is white and the other is black; you can’t change or legislate that. All Daca-children needs their citizenship.

Our children do not manufacture or the sell guns, that’s wrecking havoc in our communities, at alarming rates lately; it seems to have nefarious backing; Either the communities of color has lost their mind, or police departments are trying to prove they are valid and necessary. I think both sides needs to have a cup of, face to face with honesty, themselves, and each other. Also, both major political party, should have a drink from that same cup, and give Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema a sip, or maybe they need their own cup!! For the party divisiveness They have been practicing lately.

Please excuse this expression America, but, “ I think it’s a damn shame,†That in the 21st-century, with slavery as our unrefuted foundation and all the things we have gone though together as a country,( Wars, terrorist attacks, domestic and foreign), we’re still fighting for racial equality; voting rights, Equal Justice, justifiable statehood, Upholding the integrity of our constitution and maintaining our democracy.

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Accept The Things We Can Change

For all of our white supremacist out their, I hate to burst your bubble, but, America was never great, because, when one race has to suppress another for their power, one of us them as a problem. If I must look small, so you can appear big, you or I needs to some make major some adjustments.

I’m placing all of us, and our messes, in Gods hands, knowing,†He has not brought us this for to leave us, This I pray In Jesus Name?The

FROM: THE DEMOCRATIC BASE

Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema:  Your  systemic racism is creating a major problem for Our Base…The future of our children, country and party.

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Senators: Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema

It would be nice if you would, “take a page from the GOP on party loyalty.†At least your party is fighting for our constitutional rights and democracy

I. What’s are you standing for; Because, what you are doing makes no sense to us: Grandmothers, mothers and women of color, and Americans of color. It would have been nice had you run for office on the GOP ticket, then we would known what party you’re with. You are exhibiting the behavior that gave birth to critical race theory. Voting rights , justice reform and the people’s Act, would not be necessary, if it were not for Systemic racism in OUR COUNTRY, Now my white brothers and sisters are so ashamed of Slavery, until they would like to thing it never happen, because of their Christians values. But it’s our history,And inquiring minds want to know about it.

?We will continue to pray for a United Democratic Party?


ONGOING VIGILANCE

SLAVERY and JIM CROW: Gave Birth to Critical Race Theory.

To Democratic Majority Senators: Mancini, W. Va. and Kyrsten Sinema, Arz. Grandmothers, mothers and women, (Gmw) want you to know, “You are holding our Senate Democratic majority hostage, while playing with the lives of your BASE, (The  Democratic Party); plus Independence and some of John McCain’s GOP. Trump’s New Cult of the GOP, Is not the future of our country.

It would be nice if Main Stream Media, stop giving #45 so much coverage for his Idiotic behavior and statements. Whenever you give him coverage, I change my channel, and most times, don’t return to your station. Social Media realize they could survive without him.

Mr. Mancini and Ms. Sinema: Are You Going To Be Part of The Problem or Solution?

You can win the battles (Helping Mitch McConnell)! And lose the War.  Or:

You can Win the War (Help End the Filibuster)! And lose the Battle. Either-Or you can’t do both.

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1619 Transatlantic Slave Trading

During a May 1865 American Anti-Slavery Society debate on whether the organization’s work was complete with the end of the Civil War, Frederick Douglass issued a famous warning on the need for ongoing vigilance: “Slavery has been called a great many names, and it will call itself by yet another name; and you and I and all of us had better wait and see what new form this old monster will assume, in what new skin this old snake will come forth next.â€

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Jim Crow in north-south

Systemic racism, white supremacy, and inequality did not end with either Emancipation or the Civil Rights Movement. The same forces that used poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and violent intimidation against earlier generations of citizens are continuing to use every voter suppression tool at their disposal to try to cling to power right now, and in many places “election integrity†has become the latest new name for a very old snake. The new Jim Crow word is: election integrity

This week, President Biden and Vice President Harris held a White House meeting with key civil rights leaders, who stressed the urgent need for taking more forceful action immediately during what must become a “summer of activism.†

Virginians: Get ready to support the ticket.

Vote VA. Tuesday 11/2/2021

 Terry  McAuliff: For Governor

Bill Cosby and the Law

GMW:  With all of the chaos, or labor pains our country is going through right now: domestic terrorists, systemic racism, The fear of critical race theory, gun violence, urban violence, voter Suppression laws and prison gerrymandering , just to name a few. Now we have 8 of the 60 women who accused Bill Cosby of rape, speaking out, about his release from prison; Some of them are even saying, “it a boost for Black People,†when race has nothing to do with it; The law was corrected.

Correcting a wrong decision the DA made, who violated the law, and should be dealt with by the PA’s Bar Association. If he had not violated Mr. Cosby’s 5th Amendment rights, he would not have been found guilty.

Ladies, we all know rape is horrible, for us, our daughters and sons. There are so many rape victims, who were brutalize, reported the incident immediately, and some didn’t get justice. Those are the one my heart goes out for, and especially for children, who waited until adulthood before being able to talk about being rape.

Ladies when you wait over ten years to report a rape, it tends to sound like,â€There is no fury like a woman scorn.†Ladies most of you are my age, and we all went through the sexual revolution culture, being young along with Mr. Cosby. That culture was symbolic in the sports arena and entertainment field as sex, drugs and Rock n Roll was the order of the day and being at a higher echelon.

If you were in Mr. Cosby’s circle, you were among the guppies, And maybe that’s why your careers never took of. All , except one of the women accusing  Mr. Cosby waited for over 30 years to speak out. There was no threats, preventing them from speaking out sooner.

Ladies your timing is suspect. We all knew there was a power in force, that needed to Mr. Cosby’s reputation ruined. Even the killing of his son, didn’t get the results, that over 40 white women and a DA, who broke the law was able to accomplish.  Mr. Cosby was all set to buy a major TV station before his ruin; now ladies you are making the ME2 movement, Lose validity.

We have to stop finding each other guilty in courts of public opinion. The DA was aware he did not have enough evidence for a conviction, so he violated the agreement of his predecessor and made Mr. Cosby do what he should not have forced to do. Testify against himself. You ladies appears to be taking advantage of white privilege.

Some of the ladies are saying Mr. Cosby, Disproportionately targeted black women, when 98% of the women were none black.

Bill Cosby‘s conviction is overturned: the courts opinion. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which overturn Mr. Cosby’s conviction, Wrote that a non-prosecution agreement that had been struck with Bruce L. Castor Jr., the former district attorney, meant that bill Cosby should not have been charged in the case for which he was convicted and sentenced in 2018. The court has barred a retrial.

Wrote that a non-prosecution agreement that had been struck with Bruce L Kalista Junior the former district attorney, meant that bill Cosby should not have been charged in the case for which he was convicted and sentenced in 2018. The court has barred a retrial

The Filibuster-Critical Race Theory-Juneteenth:

THEREIN: LIES THE TRUTH ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY:

Our History Needs A Paradigm Shift :

Grandmothers, mothes and women (GMW), and America in general: Four hundred years after enslaved Africans were first brought to Virginia (1619), most Americans still don’t know the full story of slavery. the story of America’s History, We’re the United States of America; A very dysfunctional family right now; But, We-Are-who-We-Are. the good, bad and ugly.

Because Juneteenth became a legal holiday, JUNE 19, 2021, creating another major questions for so many of us, white and black, wanting to know, “what is Juneteenth? But, answers to the root origin of the Filibuster; Critical Race Theory , and Juneteenth; three  (3) very important questions, the answers to these questions will teach all of us more truth about America’s history.

According to the Brennan Center for Justice: State legislators have introduced 389 bills with restrictive voting provisions in 48 states;22 have already been enacted and 61 bills are currently moving through legislatures. This wave of bills — along with Republicans’ continued complicity in the  Big Lie means the GOP is increasingly seeking to narrow the electorate rather than appeal to a broader base of voters, particularly voters of color.

This strategy will ultimately lead our nation down the destructive path of white minority rule and autocracy. Our entire democratic system is in jeopardy when politics focuses on fights over access rather than on policies to advance the common good.  For this reason alone, the passage of  the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For the People Act: Is imperative.

The Filibuster rule, which requires a minimum of 60 votes to pass in the Senate; has only been used in controversial issues—like the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and several anti-lynching acts—but in recent years it’s become more frequently used.

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Bills that can’t pass the current debate churns on, from voting rights to LGBTQ, and protections for gun control, to name a few: a list of 15 bills and issues that cannot be currently passed due to the filibuster rules, very important issues affected by this obscure legislative rule.

Critical Race Theory: Is a relatively new analytical approach to describing the reality of systemic racism today, and pretend chattel slavery never happened. In simple terms, ignoring the fact that this country was built on the free labor or African American Slaves. The Northern Colonies were more guilty of slavery than they wish to admit. In New York for example. The Hidden History of Wall Street’s Slave Market

In recent years, US banks have made public apologies for the role they played in slavery. In 2005, JP Morgan Chase, currently the biggest bank in the US, admitted that two of its subsidiaries – Citizens’ Bank and Canal Bank in Louisiana – accepted enslaved people as collateral for loans. If plantation owners defaulted on loan payment the banks took ownership of these slaves.  JP Morgan was not alone. The predecessors that made up Citibank, Bank of America and Wells Fargo are among a list of well-known US financial firms that benefited from the slave trade. 

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“Slavery was an overwhelmingly important fact of the American economy,” explains Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard University.

On December 14, 1711, a law passed by the New York City Common Council made Wall Street the city’s first official slave market for the sale and rental of enslaved Africans and Native Americans.

Although Lincoln had announced the Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier, freedom did not come for most African Americans until Union victory in April 1865 and, officially, in December 1865 with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. 2 years after the proclamation was made, Texas finally freed their slaves, in 1867.

Juneteenth is a National Holiday, I’m sure, the intellectual curiosity in each of us, wants to know, “what this holiday is all about.†Another view of America’s history. Each of us, and our children need to understand the past 400 hundred years we have lived with the consequences of history, but have not been able to address.

But now, by the Grace of God, we’re being forced to face what we have not been able to talk about or teach, America’s Real History. Our truth will make us stronger, better and finally a Great Nation. Otherwise, it’s going to continue to manifest itself, as it did with the uprising on our Capital, January 6, which personified just how deep Systemic racism still exist in our country. if we are to survive under our democracy, by our constitution. We must face our history together. The enslaved Africans Americans, has forgiven those who enslaved us. We had to, so we could move on with our lives. What are you afraid of about Critical Race Theory? We need to allow our TRUTH TO SET US FREE. Our children can handle the truth, why can us adults!!!

 Many communities of color, and Black communities in particular, have been excluded from democratic institutions, including voting, since the country’s founding. Even after African Americans won the right to vote, many were excluded by poll taxes, literacy tests, voter purges, and long lines at the polls. “When Black communities see they need to wait four hours to vote and their friends in white jurisdictions can get in and out in 15 minutes, that doesn’t look like democracy,†said Danielle Lang, co-director of voting rights and redistricting at Campaign Legal Center.

According to the Brennan Center for Justice:  State legislators have introduced 389 bills with restrictive voting provisions in 48 states; 22 have already been enacted and 61 bills are currently moving-through legislatures. This wave of bills — along with Republicans’ continued complicity in the Big Lie — means the GOP is increasingly seeking to narrow the electorate rather than appeal to a broader base of voters. Because of the increasing spate of voting restrictions, what we feared could happen in the last election is now an even greater threat as we look forward to 2022 and 2024.

The American People wants the Senate 50 majority to become a unified front; So, the Senate could act with urgency to suspend the filibuster for bills that directly address voting rights and democracy reform; doing so may be the last hope in the short term to strengthen our democracy and prevent future elections from really being stolen.

The most effective antidote to the forces currently poisoning our democracy involves a procedural rule that has increasingly been used as a bludgeon to block progress: the filibuster. It needs to go.

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This Blog is submitted in Jesus Name…Amen